Gustave Quinson

Victor Gustave Quinson (21 January 1868 – 1 August 1943) was a French playwright and theatre director.

Born in Marseille, Quinson successively or even simultaneously directed, among others, the Theatre moderne, the Gymnase, the Vaudeville, the Bouffes-Parisiens and especially the Théâtre du Palais-Royal from 1910 to 1942. He is also the author of comedies and operettas in collaboration with authors such as Pierre Veber, Tristan Bernard, Albert Willemetz and especially Yves Mirande.

In June 1919, he founded, with Jacques Rouché, Alphonse Franck and Paul Gavault, the Société amicale des directeurs de théâtre, of which Albert Carré was appointed honorary president.

He was knighted in the Legion of Honour in 1920 and became an officer in 1925.

Quinson died in Paris on 1 August 1943 at age 75.